Essay on Sacrifice to the Signifier, in Comic Praise of the Logos

In The Allegory of the Cave, Plato uses a vast spectrum of imagery to explain ones descent from the cave to the light. While Plato uses this Allegory to explain his point through Socrates to Glaucon. This allegory has many different meanings. The Allegory can be used in many different ways, from religion to politics to ones own intellectual enlightenment, or it can be interpreted as the blinded person in a colt like reality. Are we all prisoners in a world that is forced on us through the media? How do we really know that we are not just pawns in some one’s chess game. What meaning was Plato trying to introduce to Glaucon? This cave can represent many aspects in the world. And the prisoners can be any one. The

The allegory apparently is arranged to equate people who know nothing about the Theory of Forms to these prisoners in a cave. In the passage Plato has Socrates set up the following situations and

“He [Plato] maintained that the objects of knowledge, the things which could be defined, did exist, but were not to be identified with anything in the perceptible world. Their existence was in an ideal world outside space and time” (Guthrie 88) Guthrie goes on to explain that these two “worlds” would be known as the ‘’World of Forms’’ and the ‘’World of Becoming.’’ Plato’s experiences of the two worlds are illustrated by the “Allegory of the Cave,” a fictional narrate of the journey of a philosopher, more specifically Plato. The cave is used as a metaphor of the world of becoming. While the shackled only see what they believe is reality, digging deeper will reveal the shadows on the wall are a false sense of being. It takes the “philosopher” being unshackled to be enlightened by the outside world of the essences of ideas, which Plato describes as the “world of forms.” Plato’s experience in this “Allegory of the Cave” has led to the idea of the inequality of intelligence which explains that not everyone is so blessed to be the “Philosopher King.” The title also lays the foundation for the highest honor in Plato’s Republic. However, Plato’s teacher, Socrates, thought the opposite that there is an equality of intelligence. The two philosophers are each other’s influences and have a profound effect on philosophy as we know it.

He maintains his focus on Greek myths not only because of the sheer number of myths around the world, making it impossible to interpret and clarify them all, but also because European men, who would have been familiar with the myths from Greece, write most of the classics we analyze. He explains that these myths are not only a part of them but also “so much a part of the fabric of our consciousness, of our unconscious really, that we scarcely notice” (Foster, 51). Which suggests that, we can recognize Greek myths even if we do not realize it. With this simple fact presented to us, we no longer wonder why allusions to Greek myths have been used since they emerged and are still employed today. Myths are often exercised as “overt subject matter for poems and paintings and operas and novels” but more often “writers have…borrowed from and emulated” these myths (Foster, 52, 53). Instead of explaining every detail about every character, place or moment authors rely on other stories, such as myths, to expand and develop their tale. The writer will subtly hint at myths and hope you recognize their allusions to these old legends. Since we established that, we know these myths, whether consciously or not, we can take these allusions and decipher any hidden meanings the author has for us, giving each story a new level.

Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is just one small part of his work The Republic. In this piece, in particular his use of allegory and dialogue become the two main rhetorical devices he uses to

According to our texts and lectures, a good argument must be valid and strong, with evidence or premises, and a conclusion. The premises must be true and of quality, supported by reasoning or evidence of some sort. The premises must also logically support the conclusion or there would be no argument. The goal of an argument is to convince the reader to believe in something and to demonstrate that with careful reasoning and consideration, the writer 's point of view is legitimate. The key approaches of reasoning in an argument are persuasion tactics called logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is the use of logic to persuade the reader with statements containing rational principles. Facts, such as statistics, or anything that can be proven is an appeal to logos. Ethos is a plan of action using ethics which help define credibility, reliability, and character through direct knowledge and/or experience in the situation at hand. Ethos is used by writers to build trust and to demonstrate their qualifications for the statements they make. Pathos is used to connect with the reader on an emotional level using tragedy, sadness, pity, and other sentimental specifics the reader can relate to. All three of these Greek artistic proofs are used in the readings of “Out Of Body Image,” by an assistant professor of politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Caroline Heldman, whom focuses her work on issues of gender and race, and “X-Large Boys,” by Allisa Quart, who is a graduate of Columbia

In visual rhetoric, both light and color are key tools in convincing a viewer to agree with a desired point of view. In the article “Visual Literacy Needed in the 21st Century” the value of light and color is explained, saying, “The lighting, color, etc., impact on the sensory level. It might grab our interest, or soothe our senses, or even offend our feelings” (Hoffmann 221-222). In the picture, color provides the vital contrast— A black sky looming of a dark ocean littered with skulls, and Macbeth heroically parting it with an optimistic yellow and red sunrise casting on a calm, blue ocean. The positive meanings of these colors are made clear when compared to the dark, black skies on either side of Macbeth, which clearly represent evil. The yellow and red in the sunrise symbolize happiness and power, respectively, while the blue ocean represents loyalty and stability, and at the center of it all is Macbeth. The meanings of these colors can be directly associated with core Scottish values, which further manipulate the viewer towards Macbeth’s cause. The viewer is filled with joyful emotions, and with as the creator of Macbeth this idyllic scene, full of good feeling, in the middle of darkness, the viewer is persuaded to support

Plato is known to many as one of the most influential and greatest philosophers to have lived. Plato represents his idea of reality and the truth about what we perceive through one of his famous writings, “The Allegory of the Cave”. The philosophical writing is in the form of an allegory, which is “a story in which the characters and situations actually represent people and situations in another context”(Pg. 448). In the story, Plato uses the technique of creating a conversation between his teacher Socrates and his brother Glaucon.

AP BOOK REPORT Anaaya Shah Mrs. Moskovitz English 1 Honors Period 5 January 29,2016 1. Title of Work: Oedipus Rex 2. Author and Date Written: Sophocles wrote the play, Oedipus Rex.

Jacques Lacan's graph illustrates three (Imaginary, Real, Symbolic) registers that connect into a triangle. Reality (Phallus) is pictured as in between the Imaginary and the Real. This effect creates an idea of fantasy in the subject. From imaginary to symbolic, lies the representation of unconscious truth. This reveals symbolic identifications throughout their history. Completing the triangle, is Symbolic to Real. Between these two is semblance (le Objet petit a), acting as the object of desire. The middle of the triangle, (Jouissance) is emerging from the Real, acting as the subjects’ symptom or sinthome, holding the three registers together. Subjects begin this triangle at the Real, starting from instinctual demand. This leads them to identify

The use of emotion in literature is regarded very different by Longinus in “On Sublimity” and Plato in “Republic”. Both recognize the power literature and emotion can have, but their arguments vary drastically. Plato is interested in literature as a teaching tool and therefore favors self-discipline and regulation over emotion. Longinus focuses on the more aesthetic quality of sublimity in literature, and shows how emotion can be used to create that sublimity. Because emotion plays a central role in both discourses, through the analysis of emotion we can see the differences of intent in Plato and Longinus more clearly, while also understanding how emotion is used as a tool for both beauty and learning.

In 17th century French culture the use of allegory to convey poetry, myths and stories can be seen in the design of gardens, especially bosquets that were each specifically themed and provided rest and recreation in an outdoor setting. I have designed an allegorical bosquet for Versailles based around a comparison of King Louis XIV and the Greek god Apollo. The comparison and underlying message conveyed specifically revolve around their power and connection to the sun.

In the various discussions of imitative art there has been a notable disagreement between two distinguished philosophers; Plato and Aristotle. Although it was Plato who first discussed the concept of imitative art, it is my belief that Aristotle was justified in his praise and admiration of imitative art, specifically, the tragic drama. In my discussion on the two philosophers’ dissertations I will begin with the ideas of Plato and his position and requirements for imitative art and its respected uses, after which I will discuss the ideas of Aristotle to show that the tragic

In Kenneth Burkes essay “The Philosophy Of Literary Form” he looks at the differences between Semantic and Poetic language. One-way “semantic ideas” are seen, as sub-classifications that within the right operations and the right process together make the “total” act (141). As “poetic meaning” goes this looks at more of the attitude that goes into the “implicit programs of action” (143).

I do agree the allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. When you look at a person or situation from the external appearances and make a judgment about that person or situation. Most of the time a person's decision turned out to be wrong Furthermore, make you pass up a great opportunity for meeting an extraordinary individual reality, people never try to know the truth when they 've taken time out to get to know someone or something; they may find out that their pre-judgment was wrong. Glaucon forms his image of the men in prison. He feels like they are the bizarre prisoner based on the strange image shown by Socrates. He does not know the people, but he is looking at their outer